Corn cannot replace white rice as the staple food. Why?

Research shows that rice and wheat of the same quality provide higher calories to the human body. For ordinary people, how to obtain higher calories with less consumption is a problem. At this point, Corn does not have the advantages of the other two. More than 36 million hectares of corn are planted in our country, mainly in Inner Mongolia and Hebei in Northeast and North China, and also in the northwest. In years of famine, corn is the most important food ration, and corn can also be used to make many delicacies. Among them, corn steamed buns are now a popular staple food in urban hotels.

First of all, corn has not been among the five grains used by the Chinese since ancient times. Corn was introduced to China almost in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. And what are the traditional grains of the Chinese people? Wheat, rice, millet (millet), broomcorn millet (bugtail grass), beetroot (soybean). In the first 10 days, I was hungry every day. Because my eating habits had changed, I basically stopped eating snacks such as potato chips and biscuits. I persisted for about 30 days, and the weight loss effect was still very obvious. , about 5 kilograms of weight loss.

Pancakes are commonly eaten throughout Shandong Province, especially in Linyi, Tai'an, Laiwu, Rizhao, Zaozhuang, Jining, Zibo and Yiyuan counties where pancakes are the staple food. Traditionally, pancakes are mainly made from corn, with sorghum, millet, etc. just added as ingredients. Although pancakes are also eaten in Jiaodong area, if corn replaces rice and we eat more corn, there will be more dietary fiber in the body. At this time, our stomach will have problems. If it is excessive, it will definitely increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract. Not only can my mouth be unbearable, but my stomach will also be turbulent, which is very uncomfortable.

But corn contains very little of this kind of thing. The most in corn should be cellulose, which is not very Can be digested and cooked. If you want to get the calories you need, you need to eat much more corn than white rice.